Nonlinear Dynamic Modeling of Elastic Beam Fixed on a Moving Cart and Carrying Lumped Tip Mass Subjected to External Periodic Force

Author(s):  
Fadi A. Ghaith

In the present work, a Bernoulli – Euler beam fixed on a moving cart and carrying lumped tip mass subjected to external periodic force is considered. Such a model could describe the motion of structures like forklift vehicles or ladder cars that carry heavy loads and military airplane wings with storage loads on their span. The nonlinear equations of motion which describe the global motion as well as the vibration motion were derived using Lagrangian approach under the inextensibility condition. In order to investigate the influence of the axial movement of the cart on the response of the system, unconstrained modal analysis has been carried out, and accurate mode shapes of the beam deflection were obtained. The assumed mode method was utilized for approximating the beam elastic deformation based on the single unconstrained mode shapes. Numerical simulation has been carried out to estimate the open-loop response of the nonlinear beam-mass-cart model as well as for the simplified linear model under the influence of the periodic excitation force. Also a comparison study between the responses of the linear and nonlinear models was established. It was shown that the maximum values of the beam tip deflection estimated from the nonlinear model are lower than the corresponding values obtained via the linear model, which reveals the importance of considering nonlinear hardening term in formulating the equations of motion for such system in order to come with more accurate and reliable model.

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Park ◽  
J. W. Lee ◽  
Y. Youm ◽  
W. K. Chung

Abstract In this paper, the mathematical model of a Bernoulli-Euler cantilever beam fixed on a moving cart and carrying an intermediate lumped mass is derived. The equations of motion of the beam-mass-cart system is analyzed utilizing unconstrained modal analysis, and a unified frequency equation which can be generally applied to this kind of system is obtained. The change of natural frequencies and mode shapes with respect to the change of the mass ratios of the beam, the lumped mass and the cart and to the position of the lumped mass is investigated. The open-loop responses of the system by arbitrary forcing function are also obtained through numerical simulations.


Author(s):  
Thomas Pumho¨ssel ◽  
Horst Ecker

In several fields, e.g. aerospace applications, robotics or the bladings of turbomachinery, the active damping of vibrations of slender beams which are subject to free bending vibrations becomes more and more important. In this contribution a slender cantilever beam loaded with a controlled force at its tip, which always points to the clamping point of the beam, is treated. The equations of motion are obtained using the Bernoulli-Euler beam theory and d’Alemberts principle. To introduce artificial damping to the lateral vibrations of the beam, the force at the tip of the beam has to be controlled in a proper way. Two different methods are compared. One concept is the closed-loop control of the force. In this case a nonlinear feedback control law is used, based on axial velocity feedback of the tip of the beam and a state-dependent amplification. By contrast, the concept of open-loop parametric control works without any feedback of the actual vibrations of the mechanical structure. This approach applies the force as harmonic function of time with constant amplitude and frequency. Numerical results are carried out to compare and to demonstrate the effectiveness of both methods.


1994 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 549-557
Author(s):  
H.P. Lee

The transverse vibration of a beam moving over two supports with clearance is analyzed using Euler beam theory. The equations of motion are formulated based on a Lagrangian approach and the assumed mode method. The supports with clearance are modeled as frictionless supports with piecewise-linear stiffness. A feature of the present formulation is that its complexity does not increase with increased number of supports. Results of numerical simulations are presented for various prescribed motions of the beam. The effect of support clearance on the stability of the beam is investigated.


Author(s):  
M Gürgöze ◽  
S Zeren

The present study is concerned with the out-of-plane vibrations of a rotating, internally damped (Kelvin—Voigt model) Bernoulli—Euler beam carrying a tip mass, which can be thought of as a simplified model of a helicopter rotor blade or a blade of an auto-cooling fan. The differential eigenvalue problem set up is solved by using the Frobenius method of solution in a power series. The developed characteristic equation is then solved numerically. The simulation results are tabulated for a variety of non-dimensional rotational speeds, tip mass, and internal damping parameters. These are compared with the results of conventional finite element (FE) modelling as well and excellent agreement is obtained. Furthermore, it is seen that the numerical calculations according to the proposed solution method need much less computer time as compared to the conventional FE method.


Author(s):  
Marek Borowiec ◽  
Marcin Bochenski ◽  
Grzegorz Litak ◽  
Andrzej Teter

AbstractIn the paper, a new 3D energy harvesting system is provided. This work discussed the Lagrange approach to derive the differential equations of motion in the case of energy harvesting systems. An electromechanical system consists of a mechanical resonator, a piezoelectric transducer and electrical circuit with the load resistor. A flexible slender rod clamped at the bottom and loaded by the tip mass is proposed as the resonator. Moving in the 3D space, it enables the system to avoid the gravitational potential barrier of the straight vertical shape in case of buckling. This paper investigates the response of the rod deflection and the root mean square power output of selected vibration mode shapes with an attached tip mass.


Author(s):  
M. Ahmadizadeh ◽  
A. M. Shafei ◽  
R. Jafari

Multiple impacts of 2D (planar) open-loop robotic systems composed of [Formula: see text] elastic links and revolute joints are studied in this paper. The dynamic equations of motion for such systems are derived by the Gibbs-Appell recursive algorithm, while the regularized method is employed to model the impact-contact mechanism. The Timoshenko beam theory is used to model the transverse vibrations of the links. Also, both the structural damping and air damping are considered to enhance the modeling accuracy. The system joints are assumed to be frictionless and slack-free, but friction force is included for the links colliding with the ground. The [Formula: see text]-flexible-link system considered goes through a flight phase and an impact phase during its motion. In the impact phase, new equations of motion are derived by including the terms caused by the viscoelastic forces in the system’s differential equations. Owing to the extremely short acting time of the impact force, the related differential equations can be solved only via special treatment, i.e. by detecting the exact moment of impact. To this end, entering or leaving the impact phase is analyzed and controlled with high precision by a special computational algorithm presented in this work. To demonstrate the efficacy and precision of the algorithm developed, computer simulations are conducted to study the dynamic behavior of a 3-link robotic mechanism. To investigate the effect of mode shape on the elastic deformation of links, four different mode shapes are used in the simulations and their results are compared.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. S. Viliani ◽  
H. Zohoor ◽  
M. H. Kargarnovin

Vibration analysis of a new type of compliant parallel mechanism with flexible intermediate links is investigated. The application of the Timoshenko beam theory to the mathematical modeling of the intermediate flexible link is described, and the equations of motion of the flexible links are obtained by using Lagrange’s equation of motion. The equations of motion are obtained in the form of a set of ordinary differential equations by using assumed mode method theory. The governing differential equations of motion are solved using perturbation method. The assumed mode shapes and frequencies are to be obtained based on clamped-clamped boundary conditions. Comparing perturbation method with Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg 4, 5th leads to highly accurate solutions, and the results are performed and discussed.


Author(s):  
B. O. Al-Bedoor ◽  
Y. A. Khulief

Abstract A dynamic model for the vibrational motion of an elastic beam-like telescopic member is presented. In addition to translation, the elastic member is allowed to execute large reference rotation. The Lagrangian approach in conjunction with the assumed modes technique are employed in deriving the equations of motion. The developed model accounts for all the dynamic coupling terms, as well as the stiffening effect due to the beam reference rotation. The tip mass dynamics is included together with the associated dynamic coupling between the modal degrees of freedom. In addition, the devised dynamic model takes into account the gravitational effects, thus permitting motions in either vertical or horizontal planes. Numerical simulation of a mechanical system with an elastic telescopic member is presented.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
D. W. Zhang ◽  
J. K. Liu ◽  
J. L. Huang ◽  
W. D. Zhu

Dynamic characteristics of a flexible hub-beam system with a tip mass under gravity loads are investigated. The slope angle of the centroid line of the beam is utilized to describe its motion. Hamilton’s principle is used to derive the equations of motion and their boundary conditions. By using Lagrange’s equations, spatially discretized equations based on assumed mode method are derived, and the equations of motion are expressed in nondimensional matrix form. The incremental harmonic balance (IHB) method is used to solve for periodic responses of a high-dimensional model of the rotating hub-beam system with a tip mass for which convergence is reached. A frequency equation is derived giving the relationship between the nondimensional natural frequencies and three nondimensional parameters, that is, the rotating angular velocity, the tip mass, and the hub radius ratio. A comparative study is performed for nonlinear frequency responses of the system with a tip mass under different values of tip masses and damping ratios.


Vibration analysis of piezoelectric cylindrical nanoshell subjected to visco-Pasternak medium with arbitrary boundary conditions is investigated. In these analysis simultaneous effects of the nonlocal, surface elasticity and the different material scale parameter are considered. To this end, Eringen nonlocal theory and Gurtin–Murdoch surface/interface theory considering Donnell's shell theory are used. The governing equations and boundary conditions are derived using Hamilton’s principle and the assumed mode method combined with Euler–Lagrange method is used for discretizing the equations of motion. The viscoelastic nanoshell medium is modeled as Visco-Pasternak foundation. A variety of new vibration results including frequencies and mode shapes for piezoelectric cylindrical nano-shell with non-classical restraints as well as different material parameters are presented. The convergence, accuracy and reliability of the current formulation are validated by comparisons with existing experimental and numerical results. Also, the effects of nonlocality, surface energy, nanoshell radius, circumferential wavenumber, nanoshell damping coefficient, and foundation damping are accurately studied on frequencies and mode shapes of piezoelectric cylindrical nanoshell.


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